The initial phase of the contract will span two years and commence immediately. It will consist of concept design works and may be followed by a 4-year procurement construction and commissioning phase, due to start in mid 2012. The total project budget will exceed £250 million
- By Stephen Heiser...

Agreement, covers the scopes of used fuel transportation and recycling
By April Murelio
AREVA and EDF have signed a framework agreement for the recycling of used nuclear fuel from 2008 to 2040, aimed at clarifying responsibilities and improving cooperation between the two groups. The agreement...

The first International Nuclear Recycling Day was held at the François Mitterrand national library, Paris.
- By Linton Levy -
The event, organized by AREVA with the participation of the Boston Consulting Group and TNS Sofres, brought together 200 international energy professionals, scientists...

"We believe we have a responsibility to minimize the amount of waste we produce while we refurbish our reactors, reducing our environmental footprint. That's why recycling the clean components of steam generators is the right thing to do." said Duncan Hawthorne, Bruce Power's President...

- Edited By Chris Reed –
It will take at least a decade for China to start the large-scale industrial application of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing technology, which may be the solution to the uranium supply shortage, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Monday.
Earlier...

With reprocessing, a technology that was developed in the United States, valuable plutonium and uranium in spent fuel are removed and then chemically processed into a mixed-oxide fuel that can be used again in a reactor to generate additional electricity. Up to 95 percent of the spent fuel volume can...

After being granted a license to ship decommissioned steam
generators to a Swedish company for recycling, Canada’s Bruce Power said Tuesday
that it will postpone the shipment to address the concerns of native groups and
others opposed to it.
“While recycling this material is the right...

INL team will collaborate with scientists at the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System
- By Linton Levy -
A new research project at Idaho National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory will use an innovative approach to learn how to get more use from nuclear fuel.
INL has won a competitive...

Edited By Tom Lamar
A Bruce Power plan to ship small amounts of nuclear waste across the Great Lakes to Europe is safe, Canada's nuclear regulator said Tuesday.
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is hearing submissions about a plan to send 16 used steam generators from the Bruce Power nuclear...

Key concerns addressed and rebutted
- By Mark McFadden -
EnergySolutions, Inc. has issued the following statement in response to Congressmen Matheson and Gordon's reintroduction of their waste import ban legislation.
At a recent press conference held by Congressmen Matheson, Gordon and Terry...

Nations voice differing opinions on the recycling of spent fuel at DC summit
- Edited by April Murelio -
According to a report by Bloomberg, debate over the recycling of nuclear fuel by reactor suppliers such as France’s Areva SA surfaced in Washington as U.S. officials sought to skirt the...

Washington and Seoul are in talks on a new civilian atomic accord that would replace the 1974 cooperation pact that is scheduled for a 2014 expiration date. Under the current agreement, the South is prohibited from reprocessing nuclear fuel a processs that can also produce fissile material for a nuclear...

Industry is moving towards a closed-loop domestic nuclear fuel cycle
- By Linton Levy -
According to Reuters, Hokkaido Electric Power Co has begun testing a new nuclear generator. This is a major step in bringing the unit online and to cutting fuel purchases for the utility. Trial operations at...

A closed fuel cycle that uses existing recycling technology for nuclear fuel could provide thousands of years worth of power using only the uranium mined to date. To that end, scientists at Argonne National Laboratory in suburban Chicago are refining a technique known as pyroprocessing that uses an electrical...

This contract recognizes AREVA’s leading role in MOX fuel technology. We are happy to bring our expertise in recycling to the Sellafield team. We appreciate our partnership with Sellafield and the opportunity to make improvements to the MOX plant
- By Linton Levy -
AREVA has signed a contract...

Russia's state-owned power reactor company Rosatom is taking bids for an experimental $166 million plant to recycle fuel from its VVER-1000 reactors. The pilot plant will be built at Rosatom's Federal State Unitary Enterprise Mining and Chemical Plant in Zheleznogorsk, about 150 miles southwest...